Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Aug 2000 11:27:46 -0400 (EDT) | From | Donald Becker <> | Subject | Re: Ethernet driver for NatSemi dp83815 |
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On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Ian S. Nelson wrote:
> I don't know who exactly TeamF1 is but my NSC sales rep says that when they > produced the MacPhyter chipset (the 83815) they hired some guys out of Seattle to > cons up an ethernet driver because a number of people building web pads and other > embedded products with Linux wanted one. As far as I can tell NSC isn't working > with TeamF1 anymore, it was a quick fix to make a sale or two and when I last > asked they were trying to put together a Linux support team so they could support > the driver in-house. I don't think they are terribly motivated to act on it, > it's sales people who keep giving me that line.
How times have changed. In May '99 the NatSemi people wouldn't give me the time of day. They had no interest in a unknown OS like Linux. They preferred to support important OSes with long-term prospects such as SCO and LynxOS.
Donald Becker becker@scyld.com Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com 410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Beowulf Clusters / Linux Installations Annapolis MD 21403
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